Support for railway-rails



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J. M.- ROBBINS. SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

No. 412,000. Patented Oct. l, i880.

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JOHN M. .ROBBINS, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SU PPO RT FOR RAILWAY- RA! LS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,000, dated October 1, 1889.

Application filed .Tune 4, 1888. Serial No. 275,994. (No model.)

in which similar figures of reference indicateA corresponding part-s in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of a section of railway-track constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizont-al section Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view thereof, showing a portion of a rail with the support in longitudinal section. Fig. at is a detail perspective view of the metallic portion of the support detached. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the Wooden portion of the support detached, and Fig. 6 is a detail view, partly in section and broken away, showing the adjoining ends of stringers.

In lien of employing wooden sleepers I mount railway-rails l on Wooden stringere 2, located in metallic boxings 3, formed with flanges 3. The stringers 2 and boXings 3 are of a length corresponding to that of the rails, thereby practically forming a continu ous snpport for the latter. The tops of the Wooden stringere 2 are below the tops of the boxings 3, and are form ed with recesses 4, which register with recesses 5 in the walls of the boxings 3. The rails are secured at intervals by metallic ties having hooked ends 7, engaging the outer flange S ot the rails, and screws 9 passing through ties 6 and screwing into screw-holes 10 in the lugs or enlargements l1 in the Walls of the boxings 3. The later ally-extending heads l2 of the screws 9 overlap the inner flange I3 of the rails, and are formed with a beveled surface let to bear and fit against the flange 13. The boxings 3 rest in the road-bed and are held in place by the earth covering the flanges 3 and tamped and pressed over the same. The adjoining ends of the strin gers 2 are beveled, as at 2', to form a space to admit air and thereby preserve the Wood.

.If desired, the boxlngs 3 may be formed with lugs similar to ll projecting Wit-hin the boxiings, and square-headed screws may be employed to connect rails thereto.

By means of the invention herein set forth a continuous, effective, and durable support is provided for the rails of a railroadtrack.

Having thus t'ully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with the rails, theV metallic boxings 3, and Wooden stringere 2, having coincident recesses t and 5, of the metallic ties G, having hooked end portions that lie in said recesses and embrace the railflan ges, and means for securing said tiesto the boXings, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with rails l, of boxings 3, having flanges 3', recesses 5, and lugs l1, with screw-holes l0, Wooden stringers 2, located in the boxings 3, and having recesses 4., and metallic ties 6, with hooked ends 7, engaging the outer flange of rails l, and screws 9, with lateral beveled heads l2, engaging the inner flange of rails l, ties G, and lugs ll,

the Wooden stringers 2 and boxings 3, extending the length of the rails, substantially as described. v

JOHN M. ROBBINS.

Wlitnesses:

WALTER K. RICHARDSON, ROBERT L. CARTER. 

